Pressure-reducing valve.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

J. GLOOS.

PRESSURHRBDUOING VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1906.

IN VEN T0 A TTO ENE Yd UNITE STATES PATENT ()FFIOE.

JACOB cLoos, DIP-MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin.

PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE ,T 0 all whom it may concern.-

. provide a more simple and efficient device for re ulating the pressure of fluid than has heretolore been. made but also to provide a device by which a closer regulation may be attained and a less variation in pressure produced when the primary pressure controlling valve is o cried and closed, regardless of the initial or al pressure.

The construction at my device ls'explamed by reference to the accompanying drawings,

inwhich Fi re 1 is a longitudinal section thereof, and ig. 2 is a detail drawn on line XX of Trike parts are identified by the same reference figures throughout both views.

My pressure regulator comprises among other thin s a valve chamber 1 having inlet port 2, out at port 3, angular partition 4, provided with valve port 5. a valve seat 0, side extension 7, the walls of which extension form a piston'chamber 7 for the reception of the piston 8, the opposite side of said chamberl being provided with an aperture 9, for the reception of thee hambered plug 10. The valve port 5 is closed by the valve '11, the stem 12 of which has guided hearings in the chamber 13 of said plug, whereby the valve is held in place and guided to and from its seat. 14'is alight spiral spring interposed between the lower end cl said valve and the opposing wall of said inclosing chamber and serves to throw said valve to its seat in which position it is more lirmly retained by the pressure of the lluid against it. The plug 10 is held in place by an ordinary screw thread formed in the wall of the aperture 9. The outer end of the piston chamber 7 is closed by a partition 15 which is held in place against the annular shoulder 16 by a plurality of bolts 17 The outer end of the side ex- Patented April 30, 1907.

tension 8 is closed by a flexible diaphragm 18 which 15 held in place by the retaining ca 19, which cap is in turn secured to the wal s of the side extension by a screw threaded joint 20 or in any suitable manner. When the diaphragm 18 and cap 19 are in place a so-called diaphragmchamber 21 is formed between the partition 15 and said diaphragm. The partition 15 is provided upoinone side with a transverse sleeve 22 extending toward the diaphragm 18 for the reception of onc ild of the auxiliary valve 23 and upon its oppo site side with a sleeve 24 for the reception of a the opposite end of said valve. A valve seat 25 is formed at the junction of the sleeves 22 and 24, which is adapted to be closed by said auxiliary valve 23.

The valve 23 is formed with cylindrical ends 26 and 27 which are nicely fitted to the walls of the respective sleeves 22 and 24 and serve to guide the valve 23 to and from its seat. The valve 23 is normally held open against the closing spring 28 by the diaphragm 18 and is permitted to close onl when the diaphragm is thrown back by fluid pressure in the diaphragm chamber 21. The diaphragm 18 is held down against the pro truding end of the valve 23 by the spiral spring 29 acting through the slidable bearing 30. Any desired pressure may be applied to said spring 29 and from thence-to the diaphragm through the adjusting screw 31 act ing through the interposed socket 32,Which socket is carried by the spring. It will be obvious that by'turn'ing said screw 31 toward or from the spring 29 the tensidn of said spring may be increased or diminished and any desired predetermined pressure applied thereby to said diaphragm. The screw 31 is supported from the cap 19 by the tubular extension Steam or other fluid under pressure is led from the inlet port 2 to the piston chamber 7 through the duct 34, sleeve 24 and transverse aperture 35, whereby pressure is created in said chamber 7 against the piston S, and said piston 8 is moved downwardly against the protruding stem 36 of said valve 11, wl1en,'owing to the fact that the area of the piston 8 acted against by said pressure is greater than the area of the valve 11 which is retained against its seat by the ITO will be free to pass said. valve to the outlet port 3 and from thence through suitable s outward low pressure side of the valve with the dia- Thus it will be obviphragm chamber 21.

0115 that when steam or other iluid under pressure has reached a predetermined pressure upon the outlet side of said regulator, it will flow through said duct 37 into the diaphragm chamber When it will act against the diaphragm 18, when said diaphragm 18 will be thrown upwardly against the recoil of the spring 29 and thus relieve the pressure against the upper end of the valve 23 when said valve 23 will be closed by the recoil of the spring 28 co-operating-with the fluid pressure beneath it there-by closing the inlet port or duct 34 and relieving the piston S from fun 1 ther pressure from above. lieved from further pressure said piston will move upwardly, thus permitting the valve 11 to close with the pressure, when it will remain closed until the predetermined pressure upon the outlet side of the regulator has been reduced when said diaphragm 18 will be thrown back by the recoil of said spring 29, whereby said valve 23 will be opened when the required pressure will be aga n applied to said piston 8 for again opening the valve 11. It will be understood that the pie-- ten 8 is loosely titted in its bearings, whereby the fluid located above the same is permitted to gradually escape therelron'i, and thus per- 3 mit the return movement of the piston. Thus it will be obvious that assuming the initial pressure in a boiler to be 100 pounds and that it is desirous to use the steam in the heating system at al pressure of live pounds, thc screw 31 will be adjusted in such a position against the spring ,29 that as soon the pressure in the heatin ystcm has reached and exceeded five pounds aid diaphragm 18 will be thrown by the pressure of steam in the diaphragm ch amber which h as entered it through the duct 3?, whereby the pressure would be prevented from exceeding the predetermined pressure of five pounds in the heating system. l/Vlu-n, however, the pressure in the heating system has dropped below live pounds said diaphragm will be thrown down as previously stated by ,the recoil of said spiral spring. When acting through said valve the inlet port 34 communicating therewith will again be opened. The piston 4 will be again thrown downward against the valve stem 36 and the steam controlling valve-will be again opened and steam will be again admitted past said valve through the heating system until the desired pressure of, live pounds is again reached. Thus it is ol vious that any desired predetermined pressure below normal initial pressure maybe main l aincd in the heating system by the adjustment of said screw 31 with greater or less pressure against said spring 29.

To prevent too sudden or great a variation Being thus e- 1 in pressure between the inlet and exhaust sides of the regulatorwhen the steam controlling valve 11. 1s opcnthe end of the auxiliary valve 23 is made cylindrical in shape and to closely fit the inelosing sleeve 24 on 'all sides with the exception of a small semi-circular aperture 58 formed at one side of said valve in the inclosing Walls of the sleeve, whereby when said valve 23 is open the escape of steam instead of passing through an area equal to the area ()1 the valve and seat it is free to escape only through said semicircular side passagc when it passes be of steam in the piston chamber 7 is retarded,

and the essive variation of pressure caused by the movement of said valve which might otherwis' occur &V0l(i43(l.

39 is an impact or deflecting shield slidably supported upon the valve stem 36 in front of the port 5 and serves to prevent the impact of steam, as it enters said port, against the opposing side of said piston;

aving thus described my invention what as new and desire to secure by Let tors Patent is,

1. in a yn'essure regulator of the class described. the combination of a valve chamber provided with inlet and outlet ports, a partition interposed between said ports provided with a valve port, amain lluid controlling valve adapt ed toclose said valvcport with the initial pressure in. said regulator, means for guiding said valve to and from its seat, means for normally hold ing said valve in its closed po-'- silion, means actuated by the initial pressure for temporarily opening said ihain valve against suchpressurev a slidable impact shield located in front oi said main fluid controlling valve adapted to deflect the current of the fluid as it passes said valve, means actuated by the fluid at a predetermined reduced pressure for actuating an auxiliary valve which controls the initial pressure by which said 2 main valve opened, and means for regulatcontrolling valve may be retained at any desired predeterminml pressure below the initial pressure, substantially as set lorth.

'neath valve 23 and out through said 2. In a pressure regulator oi the classdescribed, the combination of a valve chamber provided with inlet and outlet ports, a partition interposed between said ports provlded with a valve port, a main fluid controlling valve adapted to close said port with the initial pressure, means for guiding said valve to and from its seat, means for normally holdin said valve to its seat, a piston chamber an piston located in said chamber in contact with the protruding stem of said valve, a lluid duct communicating from the initial side of said regulator with said piston chamfrom the valve inclosin normally retain said auxiliary open position, a duct connnunicating from. the outlet side of said regulator to the dia-- hragin being upon the semen.

her, anauxiliary valve for controlling the passage of fluid through said duct, said auxiliary valve. having longitudinal projections above and below its seat closely fitted to its inclosing sleeves, a longitudinal duct formed irrthe side of the valve inclosing sleeve for the passage of the fluid beneath said an Xiliary valve, a transverse duct communicating sleeve to the inclosiaphragm adapted to valve in its ing piston chamber; a

phragrn chamber, said digip adapted when the p. edete dined pressure outlet side of saidegulator is c);- ceeded to said auxiliary valve, said valve permitted [0 close, and the pressure above said valve controlling piston to be excluded, whereby said main controlling valve will be permitted to close with the pressure, and means for increasing or diminishing the resistance to said diaphragm, whereby the movement of said diaphragm and auxiliary valve may be regulated and the predetermined pressure upon the outlet side of said regulator may increased or diminished as desired.

3. In a pressure regulator of the class-described,.the combination of a valve chamber provided with inlet and outletports, a partition interposed between said ports provided with a valve port, a nain fluid controlling valve adapted to close said port with the initial pressure, means for gliding said valve to and from its seat, a spiral sprin located beneath the stem of said valve and adapted be forced back from the srem ol= i l l l l l l l a and to normally hold thesameto its seat, a piston chamber located above said valve, a piston located in said chamberin contact with the protruding stem of said 'ivalve, a fluid duct connnunicating from the initial side of said regulator with said piston chamber through an aperture formed within its walls, an auxiliary valve for controlling the assageoi steam through said. duct having ongitudinal projections above and below its closely fitted to its inclosing walls, thewalls of said valve being provided with a longitudinal duct for the passage of lluid under pressure beneath said auxiliary valve and a transverse duct communicating from said valve inciosing sleeve with said piston chamher, a diaphragm adapted to normally retain said auxiliary valve in its open pos1- j tion, a duct communicating"through the walls 3 ol said piston chamber lroin the outlet side of said regulator, a spiral spring located above said diaphragm in an inclosiug chaniher, an adjusting screw having screw threaded bearings above said spiral spring in its inclosing walls, said adjusting screw serving as a means of regulating the tension ol said spring, means for communicating motion from said spring through said diaphragm to the lluid controlling valve, all substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

In testimony whereof l allix my signature in the presence ol two witnesses.

JACOB CLOOS.

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